- Date
- October 18, 2026, 20:15, time zone not recorded
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8759WPiper PA-28-235
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Case key
- 204024
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Sequence of events
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N8759W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Big Sky Air LLC
- Registered owner
- Big Sky Air LLC
N8759WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N8759W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.